Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci

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Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
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National Museum of Science and Technology
Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
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Established1953
LocationVia S. Vittore 21 – 20123 MilanItaly
Coordinates 45°27′46.87″N9°10′16.46″E / 45.4630194°N 9.1712389°E / 45.4630194; 9.1712389
DirectorFiorenzo Galli
Website museoscienza.org

Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, dedicated to painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, is the largest science and technology museum in Italy. It was opened on 15 February 1953 and inaugurated by Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi. [1]

Contents

The museum, in the ancient monastery of San Vittore al Corpo in Milan, is divided into seven main departments: [2]

Each of these departments have laboratories, especially for children and young students. The Transport section is made up of four different parts: air, rail, water and Submarine Enrico Toti-S-506. [3]

Materials section

The Materials section treats the life cycle of modern products from raw materials to recycling. Specific sections are dedicated to polymeric and synthetic materials and to basic chemical manufacturing. There is also a metal section that illustrates the metal extraction and processing techniques and exhibits the first electric arc furnace for melting steel invented in 1898 by Ernesto Stassano.

Transport section

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Macchi MC 205 V

The Transport section is divided in four different sections:

Energy section

The Energy section is dedicated to energy sources and devices. In this part of the museum there is the Margherita thermoelectric power station (1895) and an oil industry/petrochemistry section.

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Phonola model 1718 television

Communication section

The Communication section is divided into three areas:

Leonardo da Vinci, Art & Science section

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Leonardo da Vinci flying machine

The Leonardo da Vinci, Art & Science area is divided into four parts:

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References

  1. "Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci"". www.museoscienza.org. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. "Departments – museoscienza". www.museoscienza.org. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. "Sottomarino S-506 Enrico Toti – museoscienza". www.museoscienza.org. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. Giorgione, Claudio (13 October 2015). "The birth of a collection in Milan: from the Leonardo Exhibition of 1939 to the opening of the National Museum of Science and Technology in 1953". Science Museum Group Journal. 4 (4). The Science Museum. doi: 10.15180/150404 . ISSN   2054-5770. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022.